Archaeologist

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon

British aristocrat

1866 - 1923

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His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon is the 22nd most popular archaeologist (down from 16th in 2024), the 1,083rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 804th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Archaeologist.

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon is most famous for being the financial backer of the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb.

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George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon's Wikipedia page drew 370k views over the past year, 9.3× the average among Archaeologists.

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Among Archaeologists

Among archaeologists, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ranks 22 out of 153. Before him are George Smith, Aurel Stein, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, Alcide d'Orbigny, Zahi Hawass, and Karl Richard Lepsius. After him are Oscar Montelius, Khaemweset, Louis Leakey, Austen Henry Layard, Flinders Petrie, and Othniel Charles Marsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ranks 32. Before him are Butch Cassidy, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, Mahboob Ali Khan, August von Wassermann, and Emilio De Bono. After him are Leopold Mandić, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Enrique Simonet, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, and Jeppe Aakjær. Among people deceased in 1923, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ranks 31. Before him are Katherine Mansfield, Edith Södergran, Raymond Radiguet, Milena Vukotić, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, and Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy. After him are Max Nordau, Ernst Troeltsch, Maurice Barrès, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Théophile Steinlen, and Hovhannes Tumanyan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ranks 1,083 out of 9,870. Before him are Roger Scruton (1944), Slash (1965), Peter Tait (1831), Thomas Cavendish (1560), Anne of York (1475), and Keith Moon (1946). After him are Colin Baker (1943), Pete Townshend (1945), Ethel Caterham (1909), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), and Joseph Banks (1743).

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Among Archaeologists In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ranks 5. Before him are Howard Carter (1874), Arthur Evans (1851), Colin Renfrew (1937), and George Smith (1840). After him are Flinders Petrie (1853), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Leonard Woolley (1880), John O. Westwood (1805), Max Mallowan (1904), Robert Broom (1866), and Colin Groves (1942).

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